. >>> former senator chuck hagel will begin meeting with senators personally and he started yesterday with a long talk with chuck schumer, an influential democrat who said he's decided to support hagel. some republicans are opposed to hagel even though hagel is a republican. he's accused of being soft on iran, weak in his backing for israel and opposed to gay rights. his confirmation hearing will probably happen within weeks. >>> a study found there are almost 3,000 potentially unsafe buildings in the city and 58,000 people living there. research says the buildings will probably fall down in a big quake. most of the buildings on the list have not been verified in person by building inspectors. >>> well, it's not likely that lawsuits in the san bruno explosion will actually go to trial. more than 320 people filed claims. about 120 have already agreed to settlement. lawyerses said in court that this -- lawyers said this could take about 90 i days settle the remaining claims. >>> the man accused of killing five people at a san francisco home last month is due in court at 9:00 this mornin